The eggs has been incubated since the findings when survey carried out in nesting beach by the foundation and personnel of Natural Resources Conservation Agency of Aceh and forestry officers of Aceh Tamiang Forestry Department in December 2013. Some of eggs are also collected from fishermen who harvest the eggs on nesting beaches.

The first egg was hatched on March 15, 2013. This egg is one of the twenty eggs from the first nest found on December 13, 2013. It was found twenty eggs in this nest. Twelve was hatched from March 15 through March 18, 2013. While the rest were failed to hatch. This failure is likely caused unfertilized and dehydrated. Two hatchlings were found dead in the eggs.

Since that time to 2 April, another eggs were hatched successfully. All hatchlings produced are in good condition recently. Overall hatchlings are still kept in the pool. Before being put into rearing ponds, each hatchling were left in the hatching boxes (boxes filled with sands) for a week to break the umbilical cord is perfect and dry. During that week, the hatchling were fed with kangkung and sprayed with water to avoid dehydration.

In the ponds, the babies are fed with a combination of kangkung, pellets and natural food found in the habitat, especially fruit Berembang (Sonneratia sp). This is to ensure that they will able to adapt when released back into their natural habitat, mangrove areas that has a zero percent of salinity.

All Tuntong Laut hatchlings are kept at rearing facility will be cared until they get strong enough – large and strength of carapace – in order to avoid natural predation in habitat, for example from lizards. It is estimated that will need six months to keep them in rearing facility. In facility, treatments and progress of each individual will be recorded and be closely monitored. (SF)